Friday, I wore my Princess of the Crystal cosplay. That one was so much fun and I got a ton of compliments because not many people have seen cosplayers do this character. Plus, it's just fun to wear a big flowing skirt.
This was my first time wearing circle lenses and I have to say that I'm hooked. They were just as comfortable as my regular contacts and definitely put the final touch on the cosplay. These are the Vassen Cloud Nine Pink from PinkyParadise.com. You can't really see it in the picture, but in real life my eyes were obviously pink.
There is a garden terrace at the Baltimore Convention Center that is great for taking pictures and a lot of cosplayers hang out there, because photographers like to go there and just shoot. While we were there the author of Cosplay in America, Ejen Chuang, took my picture! Although I don't think he's posted it anywhere, it's still an honor to even be asked, since he's seen and worked with so many great cosplayers.
I also finally got a picture with Yaya Han on Friday. Usually the line for her booth is hours long, but we walked up and were only the 3rd people in line. It was glorious. She's such an inspiration.
Saturday, I was Esdeath from Akame Ga Kill. Two awesome things happened on Saturday. The first was that we were interviewed by a journalist from Vice Magazine for an article about cosplay and anime in the black community. That was just a case of being in the right place at the right time. We were early for my first professional photoshoot and were just waiting around, when we were approached by the journalist and her photographer. How serendipitous was that!! If you want to read the article I've linked it here.
For Esdeath I'm wearing the Vassen Cloud Nine Blue circle lenses also from PinkyParadise and they were just as comfortable and vivid as the pink ones.
The second awesome thing was my first professional photoshoot. I have to shoutout Ash B Images for the amazing photos that I've posted here.. If you like her work, you can check out her Facebook page, by clicking her name.
Registration was low this year for Otakon, which is of course bad for the convention, but it was great for us because it was much easier to get around and I just feel like I was able to pay more attention to cosplay since my line of sight wasn't being overloaded. I do hope, however, that they are able to get the numbers that they want next year. I love to see my favorite conventions succeed.
I also made two new friends at this convention, which is always a great thing and a few of us are planning a group cosplay. There will be more about that in the next post though.
To see more pictures of my cosplays check out my DH's photography Facebook page at Tarou Studios. If you like s work, message him and maybe he'll take some pics for you at our next convention.
Happy cosplay!
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